Right, Chesterton's Fence doesn't mean we shouldn't change, but that we should understand before doing so. And we do understand, which is why there's a push for change.
> I suggest you do your own research
I did, I know. I also know that these things could be back again, and soon.
> so precious and fickle, all of it was hard fought and won over generations
“When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is, your life is just to live your life inside the world, try not to bash into the walls too much, try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money.
That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader, once you discover one simple fact, and that is that everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”
> the ideas you and your kin share will bring about the end of modern civilisation as we know it
We're already over the edge, and instead of trying to slow down our fall, we're accelerating even faster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_overshoot
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272418379_The_Traje...
> inequality, poverty, racism, xenophobia.. When in reality these are crucial underpinnings of civilisation
These aren't necessary components for a society to thrive and progress. It's crucial to differentiate between describing what has often occurred in history and prescribing what ought to be or what is ethically right for the future.
> You guys don't just want to make incremental change, you want root control over the system
> The biggest perpetuator of systemic poverty and inequality is collectivism. Its inflation. Its embedded growth obligations. Its byzantine regulations. I suggest you look into the Cantillon effect, IMF & World Bank Expolitation by Alex Gladstein etc.
Do you really believe these kinds of problems can be solved by incremental change?